FreeCAD for Beginners #5 Lofts and Sweeps

[@Country_Bubba]

Yes to the larger icons as it makes it easier to follow along if I can actually tell which one your using.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the input, I will keep them larger for future videos.

[@bidultrucmuch4395]

So satisfying to follow such a clear tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@Adventuresincreation]

You are very welcome!

[@ajarivas72]

@@Adventuresincreation You rock. Awesome videos 🎥

[@GeeTheBuilder]

Brilliant video. Again. I don’t know how I’d learn so quickly without your videos. Thank you 🙏

[@Adventuresincreation]

Glad you enjoyed that one.

[@kalle_runestam]

I really like your tutorials, and the larger icons and the clearer mouse, make it even better.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks

[@AgarAntolin]

From Spain. Thank for your knowledge, your videos are very didactic and easy to follow . I need to use the translator of the subtitles in youtube because my English is very bad, but you speak slow and clear and so is easy for me. And YES, I like the larger icons

[@Adventuresincreation]

Excellent! Thanks for the feedback

[@Just_An_Idea_For_Consideration]

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!! Thank you!

[@Adventuresincreation]

You are welcome 😉

[@tomfullen57]

Thanks for the time you spent making this tutorial. It was, easy to follow and comprehend, to the point, and cohesive. Looking forward to watching more.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the feedback Tom.

[@Wrublos212]

Everything done ! Very educative :)

[@Adventuresincreation]

Excellent

[@StacieDude]

Thanks for another great video. I like the larger icons as it does make the tutorial easier to follow. I am VERY new to CAD programs and I have a steep learning curve.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Glad you like the larger icons. The learning curve is a little steep but you will get there.

[@TheDuncanjbarclay]

The larger icons are much better, and make it much easier to follow. And it's a much better solution, than having a second magnified "window". I love to follow your vids.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Great, thanks for the feedback.

[@codycottingham130]

Leget what ive been searching for for days now

[@Adventuresincreation]

Hope it helped.

[@codycottingham130]

​@Adventuresincreation It did i just cant seem to figure out how to do this to the base plate i already made. Im designing a supercharger outlet manifold.

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@codycottingham130 Do you have any pictures of what you are trying to do?

[@ProfessorVector]

I love the big mouse and big icons !!

[@Adventuresincreation]

Excellent!

[@ronson66]

As usual great presentation , I like that you don't overcomplicate things - for me the most confusing work bench is still the Assembly 4 , looking forward to your next video , thanks

[@Adventuresincreation]

Did you look at my Assembly 4 video? Are you still confused after that? If so, let me know what questions you have, I will do my best to help.

[@ronson66]

@@Adventuresincreation yes I watched your Assembly 4 video, making good progress now , thank you

[@Adventuresincreation]

Glad to hear it. - Don't forget to take a look at the assemblies in Blender video, you basically take the .STL file from FreeCAD and use it Blender for both assemblies and rendering. - Very powerful.

[@ronson66]

@@Adventuresincreation definitely I'll check out your Blender videos, do you think when it comes to assemblies and rendering Blender is better proposition than FC ?

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@ronson66 I think Blender is another option not necessarily better, just depends what you want to do. - I like Blender and use it for all my video editing.

[@russellbelliveau1694]

This is very interesting the more I watch your tutorials the more stuff I realize I could make. Great job many thanks I will subscribe to your patreon ASAP

[@Adventuresincreation]

Awesome, thank you!

[@fastasasloth]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

[@Adventuresincreation]

You are welcome

[@ronaldlogan3525]

I really like the large icons and the larger cursor for your demonstration purposes. Might not use it that way in practice, but it works well for youtube video

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the feedback

[@Elephantine999]

Great job again.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thank you

[@KnobbyHobby4130]

Thanks for the clear and concise tutorial, Lots covered in a short clip. I have been using FreeCAD on & off since ver 0.17 and still have only scraped the surface of this program.

[@Adventuresincreation]

You are welcome!

[@Skycers]

This was very helpful mate!, Finallly

[@Adventuresincreation]

Glad you found it useful 😉

[@caseyrhoads]

The Larger Icons are nice

[@Adventuresincreation]

Glad they help

[@lp_content4784]

Thanks! This helped me a lot

[@Adventuresincreation]

Excellent 😊

[@GreyDeathVaccine]

For stats 🙂 Great tutorial.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks!

[@HBFTimmahh]

For learning. Yes I appreciate the larger Icons. I hit the Double Nickles this last birthday, so my reading eyes are not as they once were. So while learning, being able to see what Icons you are actually on is helpful. jm2c. I realize this is almost a yr old so.... lol

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the feedback, lots of people prefer that

[@markwilliams8892]

Nice job.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks

[@irhazx9293]

Thank you for this video

[@Adventuresincreation]

You are very welcome.

[@garyl6031]

I'm old and love the larger icons, bit late but hay..

[@Adventuresincreation]

I must admit, I dislike the tiny mouse pointer and icons.

[@BStott]

Mouse marker and icon sizing very helpful.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Glad it helped

[@BrainDeadEngineering]

HUGE mon !HUGE !

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the feedback

[@yvonnebotha6643]

In response to you request for queries ... in 2021 I started using FreeCAD and the tutorials I started with supplied a colour scheme - which I have used since. My query is - are you using the default colour scheme or one of your own - as mine is now a bit hodge-podge whereas I find yours is easy to see. Suggestions on a colour scheme would be appreciated. P.S. If it was in your Tut #1 or #2 - please advise as I may have missed it due to skim watching those those! Thanks for these great tuts and your #3 taught me its OK (actually good practice) to use multiple sketches, I did not pick that important point up from any other tutorials. Since your #3, my designs are getting more complex but easier to produce! loving it!👍 (P.S. don't let the name fool you - I'm male and I' made the hotmail account nearly 30 years ago - I'm no spring chicken.)

[@Adventuresincreation]

I use the standard color scheme. Keeping it simple is a great thing to grasp. You can make very complex designs with multiple simple sketches.

[@yvonnebotha6643]

@@Adventuresincreation Thanks for your fast response - I'll act on it! 👍

[@OZtwo]

fyi yes, videos are perfect!

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks!!!

[@jimobalekenterprises]

I am really enjoying your series. Thank you for putting it all together. I am a little lost on the relationship, or understanding what the part, body, and sketch model tree is used for? I am not sure what to click on to find things because I don't understand the uses of each or their relationship. Will this become more clear as I continue to work through your videos? Or could you point me to a video that helps me understand? Thanks again.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Stick with the series, you will find a better understanding of the model tree and how it relates to the operations.

[@TomGill-it8bf]

Thanks for these lessons. I am finding it difficult to select vertices in sketcher for they are so small. Is there any way to adjust the size of these vertices? I am using 0.21.2 on a Mac. Keep up the good work.

[@Adventuresincreation]

You can select them from the element table on the left.

[@RvaTube]

Larger icons are better. Your videos are very informative and easy to follow.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the feedback

[@onlyeyeno]

A belated but no less heartfelt thanks for another great tutorial.AND I would like to compliment You specifically for choice of making Your videos easier to "follow" by enlarging the "gui elements", record them using a "reasonable resolution" and concentrating on "concepts and principles" rather than trying to "get fancy" and getting "side tracked by details". I "often" comment on other "instructional videos" that I think could have been great, but by faltering on one or more of these , in my opinion "3 vital aspects", were rendered almost useless. Now of course I never criticise anyone for making a tutorial and who's trying to share their knowledge, just because I think the tutorial could have been better. But I try to express my opinion respectfully and point out that their work could possibly be accessible to even more people, if they considered these "aspects". I honestly feel a bit "sad" when watching what i.m.h.o. could have been a great tutorial BUT that was made "bad" due to faltering on these things. For instance all to many, otherwise good videos (i.m.o) fail due to using such a high resolution and small "gui" that they became all but impossible to follow the "work" and see critical aspects of the "procedure", rendering the efforts of the "creator" almost pointless...((Don't get me started on programming tutorials, "recorded on 4k screen, using 8pt monotype fonts" ;)) Enough ranting, so again thanks. P.S. Also Bonus kudos for always making clear what version of the program You are using. As that is another possible "critical point" for many tutorials. As You otherwise might find Yourself unable to follow a procedure because You unaware that You're using a different version than the one that the "tutorial" is using. Which can cause "a rather high level of frustration" ;) when You believe that it's something that You are doing wrong rather than the software having changed.. OK I promise my rant is really ending here :) Best regards.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the feedback ☺️

[@The22v10]

Man ,Your Tut's are the best on the NET. Can't thank you enough. How do I make the Loft Hollow? (like a Funnel) any example.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Glad you like them! If you loft a hollow shape you will get funnel.

[@rodneyclark9252]

Draw a circle inside a circle, is if you were going to make a hollow tube. Draw the path. Highlight both circles before clicking the loft icon.

[@keithschaub7863]

i like it

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks!

[@tonyandrelvseth5663]

Hi, Love your tutorials. Did you ever make a fastner workbench tutorial?

[@Adventuresincreation]

Yes I did, take a look at the playlist

[@Bluetarp17]

I created a combined curve (using the curves workbench) along which I want to sweep a profile. It was created with two arc sketches, one on the XY plane and the other on the YZ plane. The combined sketch is the shape I want and is black in color as expected. However the top of the new (black) curve is not tangent to the YZ plane which I thought it would be since my XY sketch arc was tangent to the Y axis. The top of the black curve touches the YZ plane but is not tangent to it. Is there a way to make the black curve actionable so I can get it to be tangent? Thanks for your awesome videos! You are a gifted teacher!

[@Adventuresincreation]

Let me lay out what you have said and see if I can get what you want.

[@Bluetarp17]

If it helps, my XY arc is 60°, centered on the X axis, 30mm R, tangent to Y axis. My YZ "arc" is bell shaped, 12mm high, both ends tangent to the Y axis. I moved the bell curve along the X axis until I could join its two ends to the ends of the XY arc. Those are the two arcs I used with the mixed curve tool.@@Adventuresincreation

[@geoffhowells4165]

Is it possible to ad an additional sketch to an existing additive loft? For me, a preview of it appears but when I select 'OK' it disappears. Am I doing something wrong or is FreeCAD incapable of completing the task?

[@Adventuresincreation]

You may need to toddler it's visibility, select it in the tree and hit the spacebar.

[@yapdog]

Thanx for the great video. I just have an issue with shape alignment on the sweep. Look closely at the ends of the sweep, then imagine a normal projecting from those faces. You'll notice that those normals don't align with the curve tangents. There doesn't appear to be any options for normal-to-tangent alignment for the sweep. Do you know of a way to achieve this?

[@Adventuresincreation]

I am having trouble to visualize what you are trying to do.

[@michaelgotanco4917]

My problem is I want to create a path that goes in an irregular direction, say, from an xy plane to an xz plane and it traverses gradually, say, imagine like a long pool slide. I've created multiple datum planes but encountered lot of out of scope errors, besides the process I did is quite complicated just for creating a simple path. Have you guys created a video specifically for that? All videos I've seen only concentrates on a single plane. I'd appreciate to get any info or links. TY.

[@Adventuresincreation]

I think there is something on this later on in the series, but I am not sure which video 🤦‍♂️

[@now-you-know-it]

We love your videos and watched a lot of them. We have a problem. Our small group have bad eye sight and find reading the constrains in red near impossible. Is it possible to make them black and we would be able to read it. Thanks a lot.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Did you like the larger icons on the menu bar? - I tried to make the cursor larger for you but a software bug in OBS causes it to shrink, the work around made the cursor whip up to the top left corner making it almost unusable. I will try to change the constraint color next time. I am trying to help you guys out.

[@now-you-know-it]

@@Adventuresincreation Thanks a lot. The icon bar icons is perfect.Normally the pointer in red and the hue around in yellow is better. The pointer could be a bit bigger. See - catnip5.itch.io/mouse-highlight Thank You.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the tip. I have a mouse highlighter, I will switch the colors for you.

[@joelvale3887]

I like the larger icons so I can see the symbol tha you select.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the feedback Joel.

[@manwar999]

thanks

[@Adventuresincreation]

You are welcome

[@lemonfish1890]

In your sweep demonstration, you attached (constrained) the beginning of your path profile to the x-y plane at the x axis. I would like to attach the path to a datum plane (where my profile sketch is drawn) and it won't allow me to constrain it to the intersection of axis and datum plane. How do I get profile and path so share the same point?

[@Adventuresincreation]

You could add a datum point

[@lemonfish1890]

@@Adventuresincreation I'm a Noob of course. I created a starting datum point based on the profile sketch geometry, but it does not appear to be available for creating a restraint in the path sketch. If I place the beginning of the path sketch at the correct position dimensionally to the profile sketch, the sweep works, but this seems very primitive. Is there another way? Thanks!

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@lemonfish1890 you can place a datum the same way if you are going to use it for multiple points but if it's a one off, then you won't gain anything. Sometimes you have to use dimensions to position things.

[@billrunge92]

Your tutorials are great and the improvements in your presentation make it easier to follow along. However I am having difficulty with the SweepBody when using the B-spline; instead of what appears to be a solid body (which I can get when just using a multi point line) I get 2 planes the width of the ProfileSketch. They are curved, but don't appear to follow the curve of the PathSketch. Hopefully this is clear enough that you might have a clue to what I am doing wrong. Thank you!

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the kind words. When you look at your path (b-spline) by rotating it, does it appear to run into 3D space or is it just along one axis? It's hard for me to picture exactly what you are doing with it.

[@billrunge92]

@@AdventuresincreationThank you for the reply! I can appreciate your difficulty in analyzing my problem. I think I have it figured out - although there might have been other problems, the sketch was associated with the wrong body. Thanks again.

[@Adventuresincreation]

I am glad you got it sorted out.

[@calvinmconie4048]

Hi and like many of us out there, thank for your time in doing these tutorials. I have a problem that when I go to loft the first sketched box, I get a white box with (Cannot use selected object. Selected object must belong to the active body) and yet the drawing is green and I have followed your instructions. Any Ideas? Thank you.

[@Adventuresincreation]

It is likely that the body where the sketch resides is not the active body. You can double click it or right click the body in the model tree and select make active. Then try your loft again.

[@KenMMark]

when I try to drop the square or any shape my crosshair becomes a double arrow. It rotates the grid rather than placing a shape. Any idea why?

[@Adventuresincreation]

I am not sure why? What button are you pressing?

[@michaeljohnson5762]

Edit.. inserted "multi-section": If my visual 3D perception is not fooling me, the first sweep of the square along the B spline line keeps the square normal to the spline rather than the axis it was originally created on. So, the square does not necessarily end up in the same plane that it was created in. When doing the multi-section sweep, however, if the ending shape is in the same plane as the beginning shape, the entire sweep stays in the same plane? Is that correct? This is just visual observations, so may be incorrect. By the way, with my less-than-perfect vision, the larger icons are better. Thanks for your detailed training videos.

[@Adventuresincreation]

The sweep should follow the line it is swept along and be normal to that line.

[@daviddesaulniers9967]

I am trying to create a hook shape using additive sweep with multiple sections. I have up to my 2nd section working with everything being solid. I can sweep the third section as a solid but when I try to add the 3rd multiple section end shape section it keeps ending up as not being a solid. Any ideas how to keep as solid all the way through?

[@Adventuresincreation]

It sounds like something is not properly closed in the sketch. Take a close look at your sketch and make sure the points are not just overlapping.

[@mikemike6096]

What about making the lofts and sweeps hollow throughout the path? thx

[@Adventuresincreation]

You can do that with hollow profiles.

[@Zimbob2424]

Definatley larger icons, but me personally don't care for the red circle around the mouse, but it won't stop me from watching or learning. I'm trying to make a lens for eye glasses and have only been able to make them flat with the pad, I can do it in blender but I want to be able to set it up parametric to be able to change both strength and shape

[@Adventuresincreation]

Thanks for the input, the cursor set up was developed with input from people who have partial sight. It helps them to follow the lessons. How are you creating it in blender? Is the shape a concave/convex or is more complicated than that? You could use a revolve and then cut that to the outer shape you need.

[@Zimbob2424]

@@Adventuresincreation As far as Blender I would start with a sphere and cut it and alter the size and shape or use booleans, but that doesn't work for real world applications and 3d printing, another words I can manipulate the mesh to make it look good for on a monitor, but it is not as accurate. And I want to be able to set it up to change the size and shape easily. It's concave on the outside and convex on the inside.

[@arekx]

What if we have sketches with more than one shape on it. Like one sketch with 4 circles, second, at offset, with 2 circles. And we want to create loft between only two circles there. Is possible or is it needed to redraw thing into separate sketches for loft and separate for rest?

[@Adventuresincreation]

Separate sketches makes everything simpler, and easier

[@arekx]

@@Adventuresincreation Can existing sketch be split into separate sketches easily?

[@Adventuresincreation]

It depends how simple the sketches are. I try to keep sketches simple and create more of them.

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

11:40 each time I start a sketch selecting another plane (XZ instead of XY for instance) my sketch ifs forming outside the Body .I'm struggling with this 'cause I have not clue how to impose the sketch inside the body no matter the axis.

[@Adventuresincreation]

The coordinate system shouldn't change, have tried adding a plane to see how that goes?

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

@@Adventuresincreation do you mean that if I draw a ploygon on XY I can’t the other one o. YZ? Did I correctly understand?

[@Adventuresincreation]

You should be able to make sketches in any plane

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

@@Adventuresincreation this is what I was thinking as well. I was able but at certain moment I became crazy. And I have not finished. I will complete the work another day.

[@leonlester3924]

Great, but how do you now make it hollow please?

[@Adventuresincreation]

You would make the profile sketch hollow

[@leonlester3924]

Thanks for your quick reply. Sorry, I'm a thicky. Can you be more explicit in the expression "make the profile sketch hollow". I found another way to create it by selecting 'thickness' on one face and using another sketch on the other face, pocketed. Regards, Leon

[@Adventuresincreation]

When you create your profile sketch, make an inner profile, now what you sweep will be hollow

[@andrewfowler2874]

Thanks for the video. Is it possible to make the loft follow a 3d path or is lofting restricted to 2d (of the path sketch) ? I'm wondering if/how I could use this to model the cables which snake around a more complex machine.

[@Adventuresincreation]

You can do that with the sweep. It follows a 3d path. It makes great cables. The loft doesn't follow a path.

[@andrewfowler2874]

Ok. Great. .... How do I make a 3d path ?

[@yosyp5905]

@@andrewfowler2874 I believe you can select the edges of bodies, but that's it, I don't know a way to make 3d sketches

[@bradleybanks1593]

Can you make screw and bolts in the same way. Can make a video on those two.

[@Adventuresincreation]

There is a whole fastener workbench. I don't usually model screw threads from scratch.

[@guerillagardener2237]

I'm trying to sweep along a b-spline to make a longeron along my fuselage right now, nothing happens or at least it doesn't come out right. Does anyone have any tips? I can extrude them but it's a pain in the arse figuring out the right ratio of xyz to make them extrude at the correct angle.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Do you have a picture of what you are trying to do?

[@guerillagardener2237]

@@Adventuresincreation I have sketches of my other profile of the fuselage, with b-splines intersecting along all of the sections which Is where my longerons will be. I managed to extrude them in part, but sweep would be so much easier because then I wouldn't have to do an extrude and pad to every longeron if for any reason I may choose to 3d print them instead of laser cutting.

[@Adventuresincreation]

@guerillagardener2237 can you post the sketch somewhere that I can access it then I will take a look for you

[@guerillagardener2237]

@@Adventuresincreation is there a way that I can send it directly to your channel on KZbin. Where could I post the document.

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@guerillagardener2237 unfortunately no

[@OFerrell21]

What would keep me from being able to change the value in attachment when trying to loft in the plan? It will not allow me to change any value in any axis?

[@Adventuresincreation]

Double check that you are changing the attachment and not the position.

[@OFerrell21]

@@Adventuresincreation Thanks for the reply! I will double check. After watching a few more of the videos I noticed you starting a part first. I have not been doing that so that could be it. I have just been going straight to New file, New body, then new sketch. I don't quite understand the importance of the sequencing it should all fall under.

[@OFerrell21]

Also want to make sure I say I'm glad I found your channel. I just started freecad two weeks ago. Will definitely be finding you on patreon, maybe a few days but thanks a ton!

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@OFerrell21 I always use a part first. It can be useful if you end doing an assembly. The part can have multiple bodies in it.

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@OFerrell21 Thanks! On Patreon you will get early releases of videos and all the FreeCAD files that I create for the videos. You can also have more input on the future videos.

[@garyweliver1870]

I was getting close to the end of lesson#5 and started having issues again. I had been saving my work "save" so when it started acting funny (it "mm" switched to "um") so I just closed project discard changes, since I had been saving, Right? I re-open lesson #5 and found out none of the saves worked and all my work was lost... My Question: so if you save during a lesson and then close without hitting save again then all the other saves in-between will be lost?

[@Adventuresincreation]

That is very odd Gary, I have never had that happen to me. Not sure why the previous saves would not have worked.

[@garyweliver1870]

I would like to add that my Freecad first started to do the same thing everytime I would try to dimension, perform a symmetry just like before (points got really small so I could not select them) so I reinstalled the latest version of Freecad, also then my units changed from "mm" to "um" which I thought was weird. I can send the file if needed? meanwhile I will go back to lesson #5 and start again with a new file and a different file name. Thanks

[@garyweliver1870]

@@Adventuresincreation I just emailed you my file. Thanks

[@garyweliver1870]

Found my mistakes, corrected as needed and finished to the end without any issues, wew!!!

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@garyweliver1870 well done, I am glad you were able to finish it

[@liboyan7010]

Sir how to create 3D nurbs surface with control points?

[@Adventuresincreation]

I'll consider a video on that

[@liboyan7010]

@@Adventuresincreation thanks in advance!

[@liboyan7010]

@@Adventuresincreation such 3D nurbs modeling is wished: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2fVZWCKja55jbc

[@OZtwo]

As I commented on your last video, I found that the front of the loft has two sides with a line down the middle (oddly enough the line being the sketch). For some reason slicers HATE this line and will mess up the 3d print job. Is there a way to remove the line? The only way I found to fix the issue is to export the file, open the exported file in FreeCAD and then export that new file again. Please tell us there is a better way. :)

[@Adventuresincreation]

You can select refine in the model data window.

[@OZtwo]

@@Adventuresincreation Thank you and sorry if I'm jumping ahead..just found I'm creating art while watching your videos and need to print them. :)

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@OZtwo No worries.

[@r1a933]

How to make a cavity in lofted body

[@Adventuresincreation]

Have you tried creating a pocket in it?

[@grahamlongley8298]

Bigger Icons are better thanks

[@Adventuresincreation]

Great, it's funny, I have wanted to switch to the cool dark mode with small icons but I don't think people could follow along very well.

[@markj3851]

why do my skecthes disaapear never to be seen again? The model tree is very complicated! they should SIMPLIFY

[@Adventuresincreation]

It's odd that your sketches are disappearing. I have never experienced that. The model tree is fairly simple if you minimize the individual bodies.

[@victorjohnson2648]

The curser could be smaller as it makes it difficult to see the item your using as you zip along the screen. This is what happens when you get older.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Lol, specific people with vision impairment requested the cursor be exactly that way. The rest of us can suffer a little too help them 😉

[@mamoshimamoshian9078]

First of all I ahtnk you very much for sharing, and I am grateful, but sometimes you do some things and there is no way to follow what you are doing, like when you start deleting or turning off the body or some other things which for a begginer like me takes ages to find out how you did it .... But no matter what I am grateful for you decide to share your knowlage.....:)

[@Adventuresincreation]

I am not sure what you mean by deleting things? Usually, you delete something by selecting it and hitting the delete key. To turn things on and off, I explain very slowly that you select the item in the model tree then hit the spacebar. What would you suggest to make this clearer?

[@royperkin1581]

Large icons great when viewing on ipad. Used Solid works for years as a hobby now I’m trying to absorb free cad.

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@royperkin1581 thanks! - You will find FreeCAD no problem if you already have Solidworks under your belt. - FreeCAD has a lot of great features.

[@brianmi40]

I'm trying to subdivide a small lidded storage box by adding small removeable part containers with an open top based upon something similar to this design: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ_XeKGCqtyim7s But for those that will be inserted around the outside perimeter, the small containers I'm creating ideally would slope outward slightly (i.e. be slightly wider at the top in one X or Y direction) to fully use the space since the storage box slopes outward in the divided spaces around the perimeter. I successfully created the loft after establishing the two squares in FreeCAD and lifting the top square in the Z plane, however, after performing the loft, if I try to Pocket the shape, it insists on removing the left side despite only having selected the top face to do the pocket. I assume this is related to the fact that the left face is not planer with the YZ plane (the only side that isn't planer to a standard plane). Do you know what I'm missing here, or if there's another method to hollow out the shape to get my small storage bin, or is FreeCAD limited in not being able to pocket irregular shapes like that? Your tutorials are top shelf and whatever I'm trying to learn I review what you've put out before looking elsewhere. Thanks for putting together such a great series. I'm far from being able to pull it off, but perhaps you might see value in creating a tutorial to generate boxes like that from a spreadsheet where the dimensions and wall thickness is entered to create any small storage bin?

[@Adventuresincreation]

Looks like a good topic for a video. Did you try using a boolean operation to remove the pocket? I am not sure why it wouldn't work with a regular sketched pocket, you could create a plane and tilt it to the angle of your loft then the pocket would be planar with the loft.

[@brianmi40]

@@Adventuresincreation I'll try creating the smaller dimensioned loft to attempt a subtraction. thanks!

[@victorjohnson2648]

When I say the curser I mean the RED circle.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Apparently a great color if you have a visual impairment.

[@forresterickson6225]

Larger Icons help. Nothing is perfect.

[@Adventuresincreation]

I agree 👍

[@Mojo4884]

I was working through these most excellent tutorials had a little hiccup took a break came back and realized that the loft icon does not perform the same function as the sweep icon problem solved. If you can't laugh at yourself somebody else will be more than happy to laugh at you.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Nice one, glad you are enjoying them.